Anne of Avonlea is a 1987 television film. It is a sequel to the 1985 Anne of Green Gables film, and is a film adaptation of the Lucy Maud Montgomery novel Anne of Avonlea. 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... Anne of Green Gables is a 1985 television film, based on the novel Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery. ... Lucy Maud Montgomery Lucy Maud Montgomery, also known as simply L. M. Montgomery, (November 30, 1874–April 24, 1942) was a Canadian author, best known for a series of novels beginning with Anne of Green Gables. ... Anne of Avonlea is a book by Lucy Maud Montgomery , written in 1909. ...

The film was initially broadcast as Anne of Avonlea. However, on video and in some television airings, it has been retitled Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel. Likely, this decision was made because the film actually incorporates elements from not only Anne of Avonlea, but also Anne of the Island, and Anne of Windy Poplars and introduces several characters and issues not present in the books.

From 1989 to 1996 Kevin Sullivan produced Road to Avonlea based upon characters and episodes from several of Montgomery's books. Anne herself did not appear in the TV series, but Gílbert Blythe, Marilla Cuthbert and other characters from the Anne books are included. See also: 1988 in television, other events of 1989, 1990 in television and the list of years in television. For the United States network television schedule, please see 1989-90 United States network television schedule. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Road to Avonlea is a television series which was first broadcast in Canada and the United States between 1990 and 1996. ...

Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story was released in 2000 and was controversial with fans of Montgomery's books as it was an original story that contradicted many elements of the novels. Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story was a 2000 television film, based on the Anne of Green Gables novels by Lucy Maud Montgomery. ...

Cast

• Megan Follows - Anne Shirley
• Colleen Dewhurst- Marilla Cuthbert
• Wendy Hiller - Mrs. Harris
• Frank Converse - Morgan Harris
• Jonathan Crombie - Gilbert Blythe
• Schuyler Grant - Diana Barry

Megan Elizabeth Laura Diana Follows (born March 14, 1968) is a Canadian/American actress best known for her role as Anne Shirley in the 1985 Canadian television miniseries Anne of Green Gables and its two sequels. ... Colleen Dewhurst (born June 3, 1924; died August 22, 1991) was a Canadian-born actress best known for playing Marilla Cuthbert in the various Anne of Green Gables productions from Sullivan Entertainment. ... Wendy Hiller in I Know Where Im Going! (1945) Dame Wendy Hiller (August 15, 1912 – May 14, 2003) was a distinguished English film and stage actress. ... Jonathan Crombie (b. ... Schulyer Grant. ...

External links

• Official page on the Sullivan Anne trilogy On the world famous Canadian miniseries with a message board for fans
• Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel at the Internet Movie Database